Gaza children bounce balls in Guinness record bid

since the united nations (presumably unrwa) obviously supplied the basketballs, and since they're … well, basketballs! … it's a little difficult to how this improves the food and medicine provision for the gazans

The event took place on a bombed-out airport runway near the southern Gaza town of Rafah. It was part of the UN's summer camps for about 250,000 Gaza children.



The UN and Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas rulers hold rival summer camps that compete for the hearts and minds of Gaza's next generation. Almost half of Gaza's 1.5 million residents are children under 15.



Organizers say the UN camps try to instill hope in a better future through fun and games, while Hamas' camps teach anti-Israeli doctrine and military-style marching, along with horseback riding, swimming and Islam.



Hamas says about 100,000 children will attend its camps this year.

however, it's nice to see that gazan children are enthusiastically turning to sport

children are the future